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Flight 93 National Memorial
The Flight 93 National Memorial is a national memorial in Shanksville, PA. A National Memorial is a protected area that commemorates a historic person or event. National Memorials are authorized by the U.S. Congress.
The desecration has begun. A ground-breaking ceremony was held at the Shanksville crash site on Saturday. Bulldozers will start reshaping the land this week. Never mind that the only rule for the Flight 93 memorial's design competition was that the landscape had to be left as it was. In order to complete the full arc of the Crescent of Embrace (now called a broken circle, but still a giant Islamic-shaped crescent), an earthen causeway will...
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SHANKSVILLE — With the words “Let’s roll” — the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims’ relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial.
From timesleader.com
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- Ground finally broken for Flight 93 memorial (denverpost.com)
- Officials break ground for Flight 93 memorial (indianagazette.com)
- Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial in Pa. (lohud.com)
With the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC finally moving forward, that left just one endless, mired in controversy project to wait on. Fortunately, it looks like these have been good days for memorials, as ground was finally broken this weekend on the Flight 93 Memorial in rural Pennsylvania. You might recall our reporting over these last few years as the project was held up with controversy over both its crescent design ("too similar...
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From mediabistro.com
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After years of two steps forward, one step back, ground was broken Saturday for the nation’s newest federal park – the $58 million Flight 93 National Memorial.
From tribune-democrat.com
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- Flight 93 National Memorial Groundbreaking is Finally Scheduled (feedburner.com)
Shanksville, Pa. -- Under a brilliant midday sun, a simple ceremony today marked the groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing everyone aboard.
From post-gazette.com
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- A sacred groundbreaking for Flight 93 memorial (story.chicagochronicle.com)
